Posts Tagged ‘supreme-court’

By ROBERT WEISSMAN As the Federal Reserve and Treasury Department careen from one financial meltdown to another, desperately trying to hold together the financial system — and with it, the U.S. and global economy — there are few voices denying that Wall Street has suffered from “excesses” over the past several years. The current crisis [...]

This week the Department of Justice revamped the McNulty memo on cooperation and privilege waivers in criminal prosecutions in an effort to stall off congressional action on the passage of the Attorney Client Protection Act of 2008. As Deputy Attorney General Filip announced the new memo the Second Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal [...]